Blog Post #4

1) The appointment-based model of television viewing refers to the groups whom dedicate a specific time daily (or weekly) to view a series the date and time it airs. These viewers begin the series when it starts and waits for the new season when it is over. This is in contrast to Engagement-based model, where viewers pick and choose when and where to watch a series. These viewers Immerse themselves for long hours at a time watching back to back episodes. This audience typically waits until the series is available to stream, or watch through platforms such as Netflix, Hulu, and HBO.

2. According to anthropologist Grant McCracken his term multiplier is reffering to a person that builds off of their experience of knowledge they gain from a product or service, perhaps even content. This person takes what they have learned and add on to it by making it more detailed perhaps. An example of this is when a controversial thing is said on a public network, people will take this information and try to dig deeper. What can this really mean? People will bring these topics to social media, blog sites, or books, they will gather more information and distribute it to the rest of society to give them further information of the topic. This happens everyday on Facebook, and the informative videos we see there.

3. Transmedia storytelling is when an audience keep the buzz going about a TV series, before and after the show has ended. This happens specifically, when TV series provide a lot of information to the viewers in the matter of one episode, or spark buzz from a controversial topic. For example a show that did this was "Atlanta". When the writers of Atlanta began developing the story, they created Twitter pages for the characters so that when the show premiered the audience could constantly feel like they know the characters on a more personal level. This was how a relatively new industry was able to provide new media value.

4. Forensic Fandom is when a TV series has a story that makes a viewer think beyond what they are use too. They show will provide details but the audience will have to use their mind to fully understand the story. The book uses the example Lost but a great example is also HBO series WestWorld. Lost was used as an example because the show provides new details or meanings in every episode and until the forensic fan has unveiled that truth they will not be able to uncover the next episode.